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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1998

Banikhet

Assembly constituency 51 (GEN) · Himachal Pradesh

State boardHimachal Pradesh 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#51 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants4
Electors65,412
Votes polled46,345
Turnout70.9%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerAsha KumariIndian National Congress22,50949.1% of votes
MARGIN421 votes · 0.9 pp22,509 − 22,088
Runner-upRenu Chadha Bharatiya Janata Party22,08848.2% of votes
INC 50.5% of top-two votesBJP 49.5%

All candidates 4

  1. 01 Asha KumariINC22,509 49.1%
  2. 02 Renu ChadhaBJP22,088 48.2%
  3. 03 D.R. NirdoshCPI963 2.1%
  4. 04 Hem RajHVC291 0.6%

Turnout 70.9%

025507510070.9%TURNOUT◦ state median 71.6%
Male 34,03952.0% Female 31,37348.0%

Share of 65,412 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males922
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 68 seats, 199871.6%
  • ReconciliationΣ 4 candidates = 45,851Residual 494

Seat history 2024–1967

  1. 2024
    Margin not recorded
    Hardeep Singh BawaIndian National Congress
  2. 2022
    17.8 pp
    K. L. ThakurIndependent
  3. 2017
    1.8 pp
    Lakhvinder Singh RanaIndian National Congress
  4. 2012
    14.7 pp
    Krishan Lal ThakurBharatiya Janata Party
  5. 2007
    3.6 pp
    Renu ChadhaBharatiya Janata Party
  6. 2003
    1.7 pp
    Asha KumariIndian National Congress
  7. 1998
    0.9 pp
    Asha KumariIndian National Congress
  8. 1993
    13.6 pp
    Asha KumariIndian National Congress
  9. 1990
    4.8 pp
    Gandharv SinghBharatiya Janata Party
  10. 1985
    29.7 pp
    Asha KumariIndian National Congress
  11. 1982
    25.4 pp
    Des Raj MahajanIndian National Congress
  12. 1977
    37.7 pp
    Gian ChandJanata Party
  13. 1972
    11.8 pp
    PadmaIndian National Congress
  14. 1967
    1.0 pp
    D.RamIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.7 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. Third-placed CPI polled 963 votes, 2.3× the 421-vote margin.

    963 ÷ 421 = 2.3

  2. The top two polled 96.2% of votes; the other 2 candidates 2.7% between them.

    (22,509 + 22,088) ÷ 46,345 = 96.2% · 1,254 ÷ 46,345 = 2.7%

  3. Turnout of 70.9% was 0.7 pp below the state's median seat (71.6%).

    70.9 − 71.6 = −0.7

  4. The margin narrowed from 13.6 pp in 1993 to 0.9 pp.

    0.9 − 13.6 = −12.7 pp

  5. Asha Kumari also won in 1993.

    1993 winner name = 1998 winner name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 4 candidate lines45,851
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled46,345
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 494

Candidate votes miss the published total by 494, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1998 · Himachal Pradesh · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates4 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 68 seats on the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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